Harii stood across from his opponent, his long black hair swaying in the wind that was spurned on around them. His green eyes were locked with his opponent across from him, Leon Von Shroeder, runner up in the KC Grand Championship, losing only to Harii's mentor, Yugi Motou. Their decks were shuffled, their duel disks were on, and their star chips glistened in the rays of the sun. This would be it, the one everyone was waiting for, could Harii, like his father, Seto, defeat one of the Shroeder brothers.
His brief case was tossed to the side as his black duster fell around his small frame. Leon was looking dapper in his pink suit, just like his brother had worn long ago. "This won't be like your battle with Yugi, Shroeder. You duel me, and it's the same as taking on the top three duelists in the world, my Mother, my Father, and my Teacher. Plus, a little more that is all me, if you catch my meaning." Harii gloated as he slammed his deck into his duel disk.
Leon smirked as he simply slid his own deck into his more standard duel disk. "Don't me laugh, Harii. You are no King of Games, no matter how much Yugi and your dad taught you. You're still a novice trying to play with the big league and your about to get sent back home crying." The pink haired man chuckled as he stretched for a moment before removing his pink blazer and throwing it aside. "Now, you know how to start this off, young Harii." At Harii's smirk he smiled. "Good."
"LET'S DUEL!"
Blue eyes narrowed at they looked at the computer screen in front of them. Seto Kaiba was not pleased, not by a long shot. His son was facing the man who came in second to Yugi a few years ago, and only after just coming off a win with that fat tub of lard, Dursley. He snarled trying to figure out who was going to win, he only knew a handful of cards in his son's deck, and compared to what the Shroeders usually dueled with, it just might not be enough for once.
"Calm down, huh." Mai said putting a hand on her husband's bicep and squeezing it slightly. "You and Yugi taught him all you could to prepare for this, and let us not forget his own inner strength. He was attacked by Ra last night and is dueling better than we've ever seen him duel before." Her purple jacket was squeezing her breasts together as she smiled innocently at her husband. "Harii's tough, he can take anything some pink haired loser from ten years ago can throw at him."
Yugi stood in the back contemplating everything that was going on. It wasn't like Pegasus to do something without a reason. And giving away a rare card was something he didn't peg the one eyed man to do. "I disagree, Mai." He said in his deep accent, so similar to the Pharaoh's. "We haven't heard a peep out of Zigfried in years, especially not dueling. It's highly probable that Leon now has a combined deck of both his and his brothers. The odds could very well be stacked in Leon's favor."
"I'll start us off, huh, Harii?" Leon asked as he drew his first six cards and looked them over carefully. "I'll play one card face down." He explained placing a card in his spell and trap card zone. "Next I'll play my Forest Wolf." A wolf appeared on the field, stalking about in its square wearing a pink nightgown and pink bathing cap as it growled and snapped at Harii.
Harii smirked as he drew his own cards, flipping through them for a second while his poker face gliding effortlessly into place. This was not a simple duel; this was his heritage on the line. The Kaibas had always been the Shroeders and he wouldn't let it be said he didn't do his part. His eyes scanned his cards and they glittered for a moment before looking at his opponents 1800 attack power wolf. "Let's see how you like this, Leon."
Drawing one card he placed it on the field causing a man wearing dragon bone armor and a blue cape to appear. With 1200 attack points and 1100 defense points it wasn't much, but judging by Leon's expression he knew the horror it could bring. "I play Lord of D. and he's got a song to play. I play Flute of Summoning Dragon, so welcome two more beasts to the field, Meteor Dragon and my Red Eyes Black Dragon!"
The ground rumbled as the holograms kicked on, the Earth split in two different places and the two high powered dragons rose out of the dirt in a burst of magma. One looked like a turtle with a meteorite for a shell; the other was all sharp angles in black and red, with gleaming red eyes that narrowed in rage. Both of them roared at the heavens causing the ground to shake beneath the duelists' feet. Harii felt proud of his accomplishment, two powerful dragons out on a single turn.
"Wow, nicely done, Harii, but not good enough I'm afraid." Leon smirked as he drew a card. "Now I'll play my Iron Knight, but he won't be sticking around for long. I sacrifice my Iron Knight and Forest Wolf to summon, the Valkyrie Brunnhilde!" The two monsters vanished as clouds formed over head before parting letting a ray of light shine down. Along with it came a woman in blue and silver armor, her black hair flowing as she held a sword in one hand and the reigns of her winged horse in the other.
Harii cursed himself as the thought of such a card being in Leon's deck had never even occurred to him. Brunnhilde was an 1800 attack point monster, but her power increased by 300 for every dragon on the field, and he had two, driving her up to 2500 points. "Sense I sacrificed this round I can't attack you immediately, so I'll let you figure out your next move, Harii."
Sweat beaded on Harii's brow as he tried to think of what to do. Brunnhilde was especially powerful against dragon types, so he'd just have to get rid of them. In his mind he crossed his fingers as he grabbed the top card of his deck. "Just this once Heart of the Cards please guide me." He whispered before grabbing the card and sliding it free. "Sorry to spoil your fun, Leon, but your Valkyrie is about to be taken down a few pegs. I sacrifice my dragons for a something you're used to meeting your end at, a Spellcaster."
The young duelist grinned as the two dragons exploded and swirled around each other as he slid their cards into his graveyard and placed his new card in his monster zone. In a flash of dark energy the two dragons vanished, only to be replaced by a humanoid creature, carrying a long staff, his green face was the only part of his body to be seen, as he was covered from neck to toe in black leather and red buckles. His magician cap was forked and was angled backwards while black hair cascaded down his neck. "Ladies and Gentlemen, a warm Duelist Kingdom welcome to the Dark Magician of Chaos!"
The DMC looked at the Valkerie across from it and smirked as her power plummeted without the dragons there to give her a boost. In seconds he was now over a thousand times more powerful than she was. "As you said, Leon, a sacrifice this turns means I can't attack you, so it is your move." The Kaiba said as he crossed his arms, feeling quite proud of his skills against the more experienced duelist.
Seto Kaiba had not spoken as he stood next to his wife and eternal opponent watching his son duel against Leon. The two were good, dancing around each other's best moves, building more and more powerful monsters but not attacking. If there was one fatal flaw of his that he had passed to his adopted son, it was that they felt the need to one up their opponent. A good duelist, just like Leon could use that to their advantage. By pulling out Harii's most powerful monsters early he could wipe them out through the sacrificing they were doing and come out ahead.
"He's toying with them, putting him right where he wants him." He growled, looking around for the long haired freak, Zigfried to give him a piece of his mind. He really wanted to just go somewhere and get a drink, to think about everything as he tried to decide just what Harii's options were and somehow get a hold of him. He felt his wife grab his arm a second time and turned to look into her brilliant chocolate eyes. Her mere presence relaxed him and he was able to breathe. "This won't be the end of the world if he loses, I suppose. He's still in the running with six star chips, or he's in the finals automatically."
"Kaiba!" Yugi started narrowing his eyes at his friend/rival. "We have to believe in Harii, we have to know in our hearts that he'll win. We all know how you feel about my methods, but let me ask you something." The shorter multi-colored man said as he looked at the head of Kaiba-Corp in the eye. "Every time we've dueled, every time we've been in over our heads and I said I believed in the Heart of the Cards and you mocked me, who won?"
"Harii has a deep connection with his cards, Kaiba. He won't go down without a fight." Yugi said turning back to the screen to watch the duel. 'The Dark Magician of Chaos is a powerful card, more so than his two dragons were. Does he have some sort of plan or is he just winging it out there?' The King of Games wondered himself, ignoring the red shade that Kaiba's face had taken after his little speech.
Leon stared at the powerful Spellcaster in front of him; its attack power was huge compared to any of his cards. He felt like he was fighting Yugi all over again, constantly battling not only on the field but mentally as well. Harii's deck twisted and shifted as much as Yugi's had nearly ten years before hand. "I switch my Valkyrie Brunnhilde into defense mode and play Iron Knight in defense as well." Leon said biting his tongue afterwards. He would get a taste for Harii's real dueling ability next turn, if he bothered to attack.
Harii drew his next card and smiled. "I'll play Pot of Greed allowing me to draw two more cards." He explained and drew again. "Next I'll play Monster Reborn to bring back my Red Eyes Black Dragon." He watched as his dragon clawed its way out of the ground, breathing heavy as it glared angrily at the opponent before it. "I play this card face down, and now it's my Dark Magician's turn to attack, destroy his Valkyrie Brunnhilde with Chaos Magic Attack!"
A swirling black pool of energy built up around the top of the magician's staff. He let it grow for a while before spinning clockwise in the air and firing at his opponent. The magic attack blasted the screaming Valkyrie before she exploded in a waterfall of data. "Now, Red Eyes Black Dragon, show that Iron Knight what a can of soup feels like." The dragon looked back at Harii with a raised eyebrow. "Oh nevermind! Just blast it!" He called out to the dragon which seemed to chuckle.
A huge ball of fire rocketed from the dragon's open maw, slamming into the Knight across the battlefield before it vanished into sparks of digital confetti. "Alright, Leon, I hope you didn't think that was everything!" Harii said smirking before looking at the third monster on his side of the field, the Lord of D. "It's not much, but it adds up after a while. Go Lord of D., crush him with Dragon Slash." A sword appeared in the spellcaster's clenched fist before it leaped into the air, bringing down its sword in a quick swipe over Leon's body.
The pink haired youth screamed as his life points dwindled from 4000 to 2800 in a single blow. Panting he smiled at Harii. "Your good, Harii Kaiba, just what a Kaiba should be in this tournament. But I'm not down yet, we've still got a way to go!" He said smiling as his hand flew to his deck of cards, grabbing the top card. "Get ready, Harii, because with this card I'll come back more vicious than ever before!"
Author's Note: I apologize greatly for the wait for me to put up a new chapter. I was in the hospital recovering from motorcycle accident that broke my right arm, right leg, and tore several muscles in my neck, leg and back, causing me to have to go through a lot of physical therapy by the time they took the cast off and let me leave. I'll have to get back into the habit of writing however. So I'm sorry for the short chapter, but hey, at least it's up.
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